Lebrun R, Ross A, Bender SA, Qaiumzadeh A, Baldrati L, Cramer J, Brataas A, Duine RA, Klaeui M (2018)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2018
Book Volume: 561
Pages Range: 222-225
Journal Issue: 7722
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0490-7
Spintronics relies on the transport of spins, the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, as an alternative to the transport of electron charge as in conventional electronics. The long-term goal of spintronics research is to develop spin-based, low-dissipation computing-technology devices. Recently, long-distance transport of a spin current was demonstrated across ferromagnetic insulators1. However, antiferromagnetically ordered materials, the most common class of magnetic materials, have several crucial advantages over ferromagnetic systems for spintronics applications2: antiferromagnets have no net magnetic moment, making them stable and impervious to external fields, and can be operated at terahertz-scale frequencies3. Although the properties of antiferromagnets are desirable for spin transport4–7, indirect observations of such transport indicate that spin transmission through antiferromagnets is limited to only a few nanometres8–10. Here we demonstrate long-distance propagation of spin currents through a single crystal of the antiferromagnetic insulator haematite (α-Fe
APA:
Lebrun, R., Ross, A., Bender, S.A., Qaiumzadeh, A., Baldrati, L., Cramer, J.,... Klaeui, M. (2018). Tunable long-distance spin transport in a crystalline antiferromagnetic iron oxide. Nature, 561(7722), 222-225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0490-7
MLA:
Lebrun, Romain, et al. "Tunable long-distance spin transport in a crystalline antiferromagnetic iron oxide." Nature 561.7722 (2018): 222-225.
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